Infectious cDNA clone of hypovirus CHV1-Euro7: A comparative virology approach to investigate virus-mediated hypovirulence of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 985-992

  Chen, Baoshan ^a   Nuss, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA;

EID: 0032926444     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.2.985-992.1999     Document Type: Article

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